يَا رَئِيسِي وَأَوْلِيَائِي وَآلِي

قَدْ رَفَعْتُمُ شَأْنِي بِأَيِّ احْتِفَالِ

O my president, family and kin

You have raised my status, with what celebration

جَمَعَ الفَضْلَ صَفْوَةُ الشَّرْقِ جَاهاً

وَمَقَامَاً أَرْاهُمْ حِيَالِي

The elite of the East gathered merit

And stature, I see them around me

إِيهِ يَا شَيْخَنَا العَمِيدَ وَمَهْلاً

فِي سَبِيلِ الإِحْسَانِ وَالإِجْمَال

Alas, O our venerable chief, be gentle

In the path of kindness and favor

جُدْتَ بِالمُعْجِزِ البَلِيغِ وَعَجْزِي

دُونَهُ ظَاهِرٌ فَرِفْقاً بِحَالِي

You have excelled with eloquent miracle, and my ineptness

Is apparent, so be gentle with my state

لَكَ أَزْكَى مَا تَشْتَهِي كُلُّ نَفْسٍ

مِنْ فَخَارٍ فَمَا يَزِيدُ مَقَالِي

You deserve the purest that every soul desires

Of pride, though my words do not increase

لَيْسَ يَا يُوسُفُ العَزِيزُ بِبِدْعٍ

مَا نَرَى فِيكَ مِنْ كَرِيمِ الخِلاَلِ

It is no novelty, O noble Yusuf

What we see in you of the noble traits

هَكَذَا أَنْتَ وَالفُرُوعُ الَّتِي أَنْبَتَّهَا

مَنْبِتَ الحِجَى وَالكَمَالِ

Such are you and the branches you have sprouted

From the planter of dignity and perfection

حَفَزَتْكَ النَّفْسُ الودُودُ فَلَمْ تَتْرُكْ

وِدَادِي فِي جَانِبِ الإِغْفَالِ

Your benevolent soul has urged you, so you did not neglect

My affection on the side of disregard

وَنَثَرْتَ النَّثْرَ البَدِيعَ بِمَا فَضْلُكَ

أُوْحَى وَإِنْ عَدَا اسْتِئْهَالِي

And you have scattered the eloquent scattering with what your virtue

Inspired, even if beyond my presumption

مَا أَرَى فِي الثَّنَاءِ أَبْلَغَ مِمَّا

نِلْتَهُ مِنْ رِضَا المَقَامِ العَالِي

I do not see in praise more eloquent than

What you have attained from the pleasure of the high station

عَهْدُ ذَاكَ المَقَامِ أَكْرَمُ مَا يَحْفَظُهُ

فِي القُلُوبِ شَعْبٌ مُوَالِي

The era of that station is the most honorable covenant

Preserved in hearts, a loyal people

لَيْسَ فِينَا وَلَيْسَ مِنَّا كَنُودٌ

أَوْ جَحُودٌ لِبِرَّهِ المُتَوَالِي

There is not among us, nor from us, any resentful

Or ungrateful to its ongoing kindness

عَرْشُ مِصْر أَضْفَى عَلَيْنَا ظِلاَلاً

وَالأغَارِيدُ وَحْيُ تِلْكَ الظِّلاَلِ

The throne of Egypt has bestowed upon us shades

And melodies – an inspiration from those shades

كُلُّ مَنْ وَاتَتِ الفَصَاحَةُ وَفا

هُ حُقُوقَ الإِكْبَارِ وَالإِجْلاَلِ

All who are endowed with eloquence have fulfilled

The rights of reverence and veneration

بِقَوَافٍ مُجَنَّحَاتٍ تَلاَقَتْ

حَوْلَهُ فِي تَعَاقُبِ الأحْوَالِ

With winged determination, they have gathered

Around it, in the succession of conditions

زَادَ عِبْئِي أَخي سَلِيمٌ فَأي الشَّكْرِ

يَقْضِي مَا لِلأَخِ المِفْضَالِ

My burden has increased, O brother Salim, so what gratitude

Can fulfill what is due to the virtuous brother

أَشَفَتْ مِنْكُمُ النُّفُوسَ نِطَافٌ

جَارِيَاتٌ مِنْ ذلِكَ السَّلْسَالِ

You have quenched souls with a drink

Flowing from that chain

فَيْضُ مَوْسُوعَةٍ مِنْ العِلْمِ وَالآ

دَابِ فِيهَا جَوَابُ كُلِّ سُؤَالِ

An outpouring from a repository of knowledge and

Literature in which is every question's answer

يَصْطَبِينَا مَا بَيْنَ شِعْرٍ وَنَثْرٍ

بِبَدِيعِ الحِلَى وَسَامِي الخَيَالِ

Satisfying us, between poetry and prose

With the exquisite adornments and the lofty imagination

مَنْ كَمُورِيسَ مِدْرَهٌ أَلْمَعِيٌّ

فَوْزُهُ فِي الجِدَالِ فَوْقَ الجِدَالِ

Mukhwiris is a brilliant Mudirah

Whose success in debate surpasses debate

أَيَّدَ اليَوْمَ مَوْقِفِي وَالأسَانِيدُ

ضِئَالٌ فَعُدْنَ غَيْرَ ضِئَالِ

He has supported my stance today, and the credentials

Are few, so return without being few

جَالَ فِي شَوْطِهِ وَصَالَ فَمَنْ لِي

بِمَجَالٍ فِي شَوْطِهِ أَوْ مَصَالِ

He has triumphed in his lap, so who can I have

Any chance, in his lap or milestones

هُوَ مِنْ فِتْيَةِ الفِدَاء فَمَا يُنْكَرُ

مِنْهُ فِي الحُبِّ هَذَا التَّغَالِي

He is of the youth of sacrifice, so it is not objectionable

From him, this overzealousness in love

صَاغَ لِي غَانِمٌ لآلِيءَ وَالغَانِمُ

مَنْ زَانَهُ بِتِلْكَ الَّلآلِي

Ghanim has cast for me brilliant jewels, and the victor

Is the one adorned with those jewels

تِلْكَ مِنْهُ قِلاَدَتِي أَشَهِدْتُمْ

مِثْلَهَا فِي قَلاَئِدِ الأقْيَالِ

That necklace from him I have witnessed

The likes in the necklaces of eras

صَوْتُهُ فِي مَحَافِلِ الجِيلِ يَعْلُو

وَصَدَاهُ فِي مَسْمَعِ الأجْيَالِ

His voice rises in the circles of the generation

And its echo in the hearing of generations

بَرَّ بِي رَأْفَةً بِسنَّي فَصَانَتْ

هَبَّةُ الشِّبْلِ هَيْبَةً الرِّئْبَالِ

He showed me kindness in my old age, so the gift of the cub

Preserved the awe of the grizzly

نَحْنُ كُنَّا مَا أَنْتُمُ اليَوْمَ فَاحْيَوْا

يَلْبَثِ الغِيلُ أَمْنَعَ الأغْيَالِ

We were once what you are today, so live

The sturdiest trees grow sturdiest

ثُمَّ هَذَا وَصْفٌ بِهِ تُكْحَلُ العَيْنُ

أَتَى مِنْ أَخٍ كَتُومِ النَّوَالِ

Then this description which delights the eye

Came from a silent brother

أَرَشِيدٌ وَهْوَ الطَّبِيبُ المُوَاسِي

وَهْوَ آسِي الضُّلُوعِ وَالأَوْصَالِ

Arshid – he is the comforting doctor

And the healer of ribs and limbs

يَتَعَاطَى بُرْءَ النُّفُوسِ بِشِعْرٍ

خَالَطَ القَطْرُ فِيهِ بِنْتَ الدَّوَالِي

He practices curing souls with poetry

In which the teardrop mixed with the medicinals

كَرَمٌ لَوْ لَبِسْتُ مِمَّا كَسَانِي

لَجَرَرْتُ الحَسُّادَ فِي أَذْيَالِي

Generosity, if I wore what robed me

I would drag the envious in my train

أَشَجَاكُمْ كَمَانُ سَامٍ وَأَلْعَا

بُ المَفَاتِيحِ فِيهِ وَالأقفالِ

Your musical instrument, O virtuous Sam, enchants

With its keys both locks and unveilings

مَا بِأَوْتَارِهِ العَجِيبَةِ مِنْ فِتْنَةِ

سِرٍّ رَاقٍ وَسِحْرٍ حَلاَلِ

In its wondrous strings lies no temptation

Of illicit magic or sorcery made lawful

بُلْبُلُ الرِّوْضِ إِنْ شَدَا بِاحْتِفَالٍ

مَلَكَ السَّمْعَ أَوْ شَدَا بِارْتِجَالِ

The garden's nightingale, if it sang celebratory

Or improvised, captivated hearing

مَا لَهُ مِنْ أَخٍ سِوَى فَاضِلٍ

نِعْمَ المُجَلِّي فَنًّا وَنِعْمَ التَّالِي

It has no peer save Fadil

Excellent harmonizer and excellent profiler

أَسَبَاكُمْ إِيقَاعُ شَحْرُورَةِ الوَا

دِي وَرَهْطٌ نِظَامُهُ فِي اكْتِمَالِ

Your rhythms, O Shahrurah of Wadi, enthrall

As the system attains perfection

رَجَّعْتْ وَالقُلُوبُ تَرْقُصُ وَفْقاً

مُرْقِصَاتِ الأشْعَارِ وَالأَزْجَالِ

They have brought back, while hearts dance accordingly

The dances of poetry and lyrics

وَأَهَازِيجَ نَخْوَةٍ وَعِتَابٍ

وَمَجَانَاتِ صَبْوَةٍ وَمَوَالِي

And melodies of tenderness, coquetry,

Flirtations of youth, and my devotion

أَيُّهَا المُنْشِدُونَ أَسْمَعْتُمُونِي

نَغَمَاتٍ لاَ تَبْرَحُ العُمْرَ بَالِي

O you who sing, you have heard me

Melodies that do not quit my mind

زَغْرَدَاتُ الرَّضَاعِ هَيْهَاتَ أَنْ

تُنْسَى وَلَحْنُ الوَدَاعِ يَوْمَ الفِصَالِ

The warbling of infants - never

Forgotten, nor the tune of farewell at separation

يَا لَعَهْدِ الصِّبَا تَقَضَّى وَشِيكاً

بَيْنَ أَهْلٍ فَارَقْتُهُمْ غَيْرَ سَالِ

O days of youth, soon to pass

Among people I have left, not parted

فِي بِلاَدٍ رَدَّتْ إِلَيْهَا فُؤَادِي

كُلُّ أَرْضٍ حَطَطْتُ فِيهَا رَحَالي

In a land to which my heart has returned

Every land where I pitched my encampment

أَيُّ شَجْوٍ تُثِيرُهُ فِي حَشَى

المُشْتَاقِ ذِكْرَى سُهُولِهَا وَالجِبَالِ

What yearning stirs in the core

Of the ardent from memories of its plains and mountains

أَيُّ مَاءٍ عَذْبٍ وَأَيُّ هَوَاءٍ

أَرِج فِي الرِّيَاضِ وَالأَدْغَالِ

What sweet water, what fragrant air

In the gardens and groves

أَيُّ بَحْرٍ زُمُرُّدِيِّ مُحَاطٍ

بِإِطَارٍ مِنْ عَسْجَدِيِّ الرِّمَالِ

What emerald sea surrounded

By a frame of sandy coasts

أَيُّ حُسْنٍ فِي كُلِّ مَا تَقَعُ العَيْنُ

عَلَيْهِ مَنْ مُونِقَاتِ المَجَالِي

What beauty in all that meets the eye

Of its fine vistas and scenery

مَنْ كَأَبْنَائِهَا وقَدْ نَازَلُوا الدَّهْرَ

فَزَكَّوْا أَحْسَابَهُمْ بِالنِّزَالِ

Of its people, who have lived the ages

And purified their deeds through strife

إِنْ يَقلُّوا عَدًّا فَسَلْ فِي مَدَى

القُطْبَيْنِ عَنْهُمْ جَلاَئِلَ الأَعْمَالِ

If few in number, then ask

Between the far poles about their great deeds

عَلَّمَتْهُمْ صُمُّ الجَلاَمِيدِ فِي جُو

نِ الأخَادِيدِ أَوْ ضَوَاحِي القِلاَلِ

The summits of minarets in the riverbeds

Or the slopes of hills have taught them

مَا هُوَ الحَزْمُ فِي إِتِّقَاءِ المَهَاوِي

ما هُوَ العَزْمُ فِي ارْتِقَاءِ المَعَالِي

What resolve takes in avoiding precipices

What determination takes in ascending aspirations

مَا يَقُولُ الإِقَدَامُ فِي كَاذِبِ الأوْ

جَالِ تِلْقَاءَ صَادِقِ الآجَالِ

What daring says to the false fate

Facing the truthful fate

يَا بَنِي أُمِّنَا الأُولَى أَبْعَدُوا المَرْ

مَى وَجَالُوا فِي الأرْضِ كُلَّ مَجَالِ

O children of our first mother, avoid sickness

And roam all the land's expanse

بَيْنَ مَعْمُورِهَا وَغَامِرِهَا

بَيْنَ الجَنُوبِ النَّائِي وَبَيْنَ الشَّمَالِ

Between its settled and desolate parts

Between the distant south and north

وَبِحُسْنِ البَلاَءِ فِي كُلِّ قُطْرٍ

يَمَّمُوهُ كَانُوا فَخَارَ الجَوَالِي

And with excellence wherever they headed

They were the pride of the traveling

فَأعَزُّوا مَوَاطِناً أَنْبَتَتْهُمْ

بِضُرُوبٍ مِنْ مَاهِرَاتِ الفعَالِ

O children of our mother Egypt, and among them

To my right and left, most beloved

يَا بَنِي أُمِّنَا بِمِصْرٍ وَمِنْهُمْ

عَنْ يَمِينِي أَعِزَّةٌ وَشَمَالِي

The nation of the East flourishes with virile

Hunters from you, and with charming girls

أَمَّةُ الشَّرْقِ تَزْدَهِي بِالبَنِيْنَ

الصِّيدِ مِنْكُمْ وَبِالبَنَاتِ الغَوَالِي

And men in every science and art

And innovation, elites among men

وَرِجَالٍ فِي كُلِّ عِلْمٍ وَفَنٍّ

وَابْتِدَاعٍ هُمْ صَفْوَةٌ فِي الرِّجَالِ

And women of every beauty and refinement

Noble, they are tempting coquettes

وَنِسَاءٍ بِكُلِّ حُسْنٍ وَإِحْسَا

نٍ شَرِيفٍ هُنَّ الغَوَانِي الحَوَالِي

Egypt, to which we fled

With loads of worries, burdens heavy

إِنَّ مِصْرَ الَّتِي نَفَرْنَا إِلَيْهَا

بِحُمُولٍ مِنَ الهُمُومِ ثِقَالِ

When our meadows were under tyranny

And its free children in shackles

يَوْمَ كَانَتْ رُبُوعُنَا تَحْتَ رِقٍّ

وَبنُوهَا الأحْرَارُ فِي الأغْلاَلِ

And the guided preachers, but when they took

Refuge in Egypt, they drank bitter torture

وَالدُّعَاةُ الهُدَاةُ إِلاَّ إِذَا لاَ

ذُوا بِمِصْرَ يُسْقَوْنَ مُرَّ النَّكَالِ

It settled us in a house of honor that consoles

All who left other houses, discontent

أَنْزَلَتْنَا دَاراً مِنَ العِزِّ تُسْلي

كُلَّ نَاءٍ عَنْ دَارِهِ غَيْرِ قَالِ

Its spacious chest did not resent what

It was tasked, with no influx or expatriates

لَمْ يَضِقْ صَدْرُهَا الرَّحِيبُ عَلَى مَا

كُلِّفَتْهُ بِلاَجِيءٍ أَوْ بِجَالِي

That was an era in which the Arabs suffered

Affliction and humiliation they suffered

ذَاكَ عَصْرٌ عَانَى بِهِ العُرْبُ مَا عَا

نَوْهُ مِنْ مِحْنَةٍ وَمِنْ إِذْلاَلِ

Then it passed, praise cannot accompany mention of it

And the days of independence arrived

فَتَقَضَّى لاَ يَصْحَبُ الحَمْدُ ذِكْرَا

هُ وَلاَحَتْ أَيَّامُ الاِسْتِقْلاَلِ

Free nations renewed within them

The birth of glory after decadence

دُوَلٌ حُرَّةٌ تَجَدَّدَ فِيهَا

تَالِدُ المَجْدِ بَعْدَ الاِضْمِحْلاَلِ

Egypt assumes leadership among them

And it is a right, none contests it

تَتَوَلَّى مِصْرُ الزَّعَامَةَ فِيهَا

وَهْيَ حَقٌّ مَا حوْلَهُ مِنْ نِضَالِ

A paradise next to another paradise next to another

Oh, if only their cord remained connected

جَنَّةٌ عَنْدَ جَنَّةٍ عِنْدَ أُخْرَى

آهِ لَوْ ظَلَّ حَبْلُهَا فِي اتِّصَالِ

One homeland, so if homelands move

Then joining them is inclusive gathering

وَطَنٌ وَاحِدٌ فَإِنْ نَقُلِ الأَوْطَانَ

فَالجَمْعُ فِيهِ جَمْعُ اشْتِمَالِ

God has favored the Nile Valley – was any valley given

Beauty and majesty like it possesses?

كَلأَ اللهُ وَادِيَ النَّيلِ هَلْ أُوْ

تيَ وَادٍ كَحُسْنِهِ وَالجَلاَلِ

And this wondrous fertility which was and remains

A parable people cite

وَكَهَذَا الخِصْبِ العَجِيبِ الَّذِي كَا

نَ وَمَا زَالَ مَضْرِبَ الأمْثَالِ

And these trustworthy people who were granted

The sweetest attributes and traits

وَكَهَذَا الشَّعْبِ الأَمِينِ الَّذِي أُو

تِيَ أَحْلَى شَمَائِلٍ وَخِصَالِ

They are a people free of tempers, generous

And too proud to compromise their dignity

هُوَ شَعْبٌ حُرُّ السَّجَايَا سَخِيٌّ

وَأَبِيٌّ عَنْ عِزَّةٍ لاَ اخْتِيَالِ

Persevering, trials only augmented their perseverance

Torrents have overwhelmed them with calamities

دَائِبٌ لَمْ تَزِدْهُ إِلاَّ ثَبَاتاً

غَمَرَاتٌ رَمَتْهُ بِالأهْوَالِ

Steadfast, trials only augmented their steadfastness

Torrents have overwhelmed them with calamities

بَاسِلٌ لَمْ تَزِدْهُ إِلاَّ ثَبَاتاً

غَمَرَاتٌ رَمَتْهُ بِالأهْوَالِ

Patient, they have endured time until

They turned its back to prosperity

صَابِرٌ طَاوَلَ الزَّمَانَ إِلَى أَنْ

رَدَّ إِدْبَارَهُ إِلَى إِقْبَالِ

May Farouk live for Arabism, tending

To it, and tending to him his Sublime Lord

عَاشَ فَارُوقُ لِلعُرُوبَةِ يَرْعَا

هَا وَيَرْعَاهُ رَبُّهُ المُتَعَالِي

And may his purpose be delivered to every

Ally king and loyal ally

وَلُيُبْلَّغْ مُنَاهُ كُلُّ مَلِيكٍ

وَرَئِيسِ مُحَالِفٍ وَمُوَالِي

And you have been rewarded with goodness from me, O you

Who have honored me beyond my hopes

وَجُزِيتمْ بِالخَيْرِ عَنِّيَ يَا مَنْ

أَكْرَمُونِي بِمَا عَدَا آمَالِي

May God bless you and water

Your saplings, every smiling downpour

بَارَكَ اللهُ فِيكُمُ وَسَقَى

أَغْرَاسَكُمْ كُلُّ ضَاحِكٍ هَطَّالِ